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81-Year-Old Marathoner Amps Up Workout

11/5/2013 4:47PM

Joy Johnson, an 80-and-over champion in the New York City Marathon, passed away on Monday at age 86 following her last competition in the event. In this video profile from 2008, Johnson showed WSJ's Matthew Futterman her training regimen and talked about her love of running. (Originally published Oct. 30, 2008)

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